![]() Perfectly accurate, and so a little error does not surprise us.īut what if the calculation does not work so smoothly? What if The initial data will not be prefectly correct and no calculation is The mechanism will do, and in fact we can predict eclipses hundreds of In simple cases we should be able to predict what Physical world is a mechanism, and we are supposed to know the laws that Simple situations ought to produce simple and predictable effects. These are two examples of chaotic physical processes that seem toĬontradict an unspoken intuition we have that simple causes operating in Saturn? And why only Hyperion? The answers to these questions are now Why does it respond so erratically when the onlyįorce influencing its motion is the gentle, slowly varying attraction of One, Saturn's moon Hyperion, tumbles erratically as it moves,įlopping over and over, never repeating itself. Satellites in the solar system, though some turn a little faster. Our moon moves around the earth, turning slowly as it goes so asĪlways to keep the same face toward us. How does the still air make that happen? It is an example of aĬhaotic process, and it is beginning to be understood. ![]() Wait before it starts? Look: At the top the whole stream wavers at Waver with motion that never repeats itself. ![]() ![]() In a straight column for a few inches above that the stream begins to In a room where the air is still, the smoke from a cigarette rises ![]() APA style: Chaos: making a new science.Chaos: making a new science." Retrieved from MLA style: "Chaos: making a new science." The Free Library. ![]()
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